What is happening in Italy?
Members of the 5-Star Movement on Tuesday voted yes by 79% to 20.7% to a government with the Democratic Party (PD) on the M5S’s online voting platform, Rousseau, paving the…
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Angela Merkel facing leadership questions as Bavarian vote looms
DW: The German chancellor Angela Merkel‘s party is about to undergo a month of stress tests with elections in the states of Bavaria and Hesse. But despite internal grumblings, the…
CSU’s Seehofer threatens to quit Merkel government
The main points via Deutsche Welle: Interior Minister Horst Seehofer offered his resignation as minister and as CSU leader on Sunday evening after accusing Chancellor Angela Merkel of failing to…
Financial Times: Germany reaps a €2.9bn gain from Greek bond holdings
Germany has made €2.9bn from interest payments on its holdings of Greek debt since the eurozone crisis, but now plans to return the interest income to Athens after Eurozone finance…